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First quality : — 



Poa australis, ~) 



_, , . 7 ■ f V aiiiable small tussock erasses. 



I*oa breviglumis. ) 



Hierochloe redolens. A fragrant solitary grass, abundant in tlie river 



valleys. 



Dichelachne crinita. A very valuable grass, forming fine tussocks where 



few other species exist, but solitary in thick 



swards of other grasses. 



Agrostis avenoides, ->. 



„ quadriseta, > Valuable small tussock grasses. 



„ 'parvifiora. J ■ 



„ . pilosa. 



„ cemula. 

 Koeleria cristafa. A good grass, resembling foxtail, shining, solitary. 

 Trisetum antarcticum. A tufted grass, common in good pasture. 



„ suhspicatiom. 



Second quality, several being good cattle grasses : — 

 Deschampsia codspitosa. 



Alopecurus geniculatus. Foxtail, found also as an alpine. 

 Eohinopogon ovatus. 

 Dichelachne stipoides. 

 Agrostis cemula. » 



„ pilosa. 

 Danthonia cunninghami, 



, . , Snow-e:rasses. 



o^aouiia. 



} 



„ semi-annular is, ■) „ , 



^ ^ . \ Good cattle grasses. 



„ buchanam. ) 



Arundo consp)icua. A grass more ornamental than useful, although 



horses eat it. 



Gymnostichum gracile. Not common. 



Sordeum marimi^m. Wild barley. 



The third quality are alpines, found from 4,000 to 8,000 feet : — 



Foa exigtm, ~^ 



„ foliosa, I 



, . I Some of these are small grasses forming the highest vege- 

 " <^ounsoi, Y tation. 

 „ lindsayi, 

 „ anceps, J 

 JSierochloe alpina. 

 Agrostis canina. 



„ canina, var. Z>. 



„ parvifora. This species is also found as an alpine. 



